Disease susceptibility and the adaptive nature of colony demography in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 546-556

  Rosengaus, R B ^a   Traniello, J F A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste distribution function; Demography; Disease; Division of labor; Metarhizium anisopliae; Polymorphism; Social behavior; Termite; Zootermopsis angusticollis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; LABOR DIVISION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERMITE;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HODOTERMITIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; TERMOPSIDAE; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

EID: 0035181601     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100394     Document Type: Article

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